A BLACK) Disowns 5ft Emu
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JACKY, a 5 ft. endti, ⚫ has been disowned by her foster-mother-a small black Orpington heri:
The hen which hatched Jacky almost two years ngo is now caring for her newly- hatched pea-fowl chick
The fond relationship between the Orpington and her big emu "daughter" ended this week.
At Nowcastle too the hen at- tacked Jacky every ilme she ventured
pea-fow! near the chick.
Zookeeper Jack Cain saki, "I set the fowl on two emu enga about two years ago, after the emu mother deserted them.
"They were hurled in sawdust and she could just cover them.
MOTHERED.
"Each day I turned the cHgs
os un emu rally docs,
"Only one batched and we called her Jacky,
"The fowl mothered her as if
the was her own chicken
"After six weeks Jacky was
18 inches high and heavier than
her foster mother.
"She used to trample on her
at feed time,
The hen seemed very proud
of her big chicken,
GOOD MATES
"She stopped mothering Jacky
but they have always rouamed
around together.
"A couple of months ago 1
Lave the hen several pea-hen
Cuts to sit DIL.
"She hatched one pea-chick and left the other egga.
"Now she bas new
this chicken, she won't allow Jacky to come near her."
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"St George & the Dragon" goes to UK
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BEHIND the locked doors of a flat in Zurich a
silent group of British art experts studied a 500-year-old, unframed painting, brought from tlie vaults of a nearby bank. The experts, hended by Sir Philip Hendy, Director of the National Art Gallery, liked what they saw and agreed on a price: £125,000.
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Now the picture, Uccello's St George and the Dragon, British property and will hang in the National Gallery, Tru- falgar Square.
man,
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The price means that every
and chlidir Britain has each paid a frac- tion, over halfpenny for masterpiece that few people have ever seen.
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Dotoil from Uccello's St George & the Dragon
Even before
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The painting, mensuring 23iz. by 30., has been stored in the Zurich bank vaults since 1045, when It
that relatively rescued from EL blazing palace in few people saw it in the palace, home of Count and since 1039, saya a National Lanckoronici, who has now Gallery ofclalt has vir- sold i to Britain.
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At the National Gallery last). Covent Garden will also night on expert said: "The more help. picture has considerable his-
1ts grant this year is £302,000, forical interest. It may be the Now under a new agreement first of easel pictures to have with the Arts Council Covent survived.
Garden vili receive for the nixt three years 43 per cent of its expenditure as approved by the Council, which will give it £450,000 next year.
It is certainly the most im- portant picture of its kind to be added to
our
collection since 1818,"
In the Commons, Mr J. E. S. Sinon, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, described it the finest picture of the Italian Renaissance still remaining private hands,"
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Now the picture is to be cleaned and framed by Nation- al Gallery experts and will be on view in about three months time.
IT'S CHEAP
Pierre Jeannerat writes: The price of £125,000 must be ac- counted cheap as art prlees go these days.
the inst
George and Tho St Dragon was about the important painting by Uccello left in private hands
It is a delightful example of olo of the most significant painters of Florence in the 15th century, when the city was in the vanguard of the Renals-
Banco.
The National Gallery already possesses one of Vecello's masterpieces, the out of San Rontaño, one of the most wide- ly popular pictures la the collection.
GOOD NEWS
In the Commons art lovers had more good news from Mr Simon,
Another very important de- quisition" for the National Gal- tery was the masterpiece of the Flemish,
painter Jordans, known as the Double Portrafi, which had been accepted Ja satisfaction of estate duty at a cost of £40,000,
And
the National Gallery's yearly purchase grant was going up from £12,500 to £100,000.
Altogelter Britain's museums and art galleries buying grants are to go up from £125,000 yearly to 2335,000, The Tate Gallery will have £40,000 ntead of £7,500.
For years art-lovers, Including members of both Houses of Parliament have been cam-. paigning for more State aid for the arts, especially in view of the amazing riso in prices of artistic works.
British galleries have not had enough money to compete with private and foreign buyers and, unable to plan ahead, curators
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This is an increase of £88,000. The Arts Council grant will be raised by £110,000 to £1,218,000. About £20,000 of this will be used towards clear-
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Covent Garden's £100,000 overdraft.
There was nothing extra for Their needs Sadlern Wells. are still being investigated.
the Mr Simon made nouncement in'n debate on a private motion urging more ald for the arts,
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